Dim sum a little bit of heart

Blu-ray 2023

Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires.

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Chinese American women Fiction

Chinese Americans California San Francisco Social conditions Fiction

Prophecies Fiction

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Comedy films Feature films Fiction Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1188 Criterion collection ; 1188 Blu-ray

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ISBN:

9798886070514

Edition:

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
MPAA rating: PG

Other Title:

Little bit of heart

Notes:

Essay by Brian Hu on folded inserted in container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985
Special features: 2022 conversation between Wang and filmmaker and film scholar Arthur Dong; 2004 interview with Laureen Chew, discussing her family, the genesis of the film, and her role as Geraldine
Title from container
Director of photography, Michael Chin ; editor, Ralph Wikke ; music, Todd Boekelheide
Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung, Cora Miao, John Nishio, Joan Chen
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) ; monaural
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, Chinese (Mandarin), with optional subtitles in English, captions in English

Control Number:

3267056

UPC:

715515286015

Other Authors:

Chew, Kim, actor
Chew, Laureen, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Miao, Cora, actor
Seltzer, Terrel, screenwriter
Wang, Wayne, 1949- film director
Wong, Victor, actor

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